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Nobody knows: they just believe, and then because everyone else believes it, too, it feels like it couldn’t possibly be wrong. But consensus doesn’t mean truth. In fact, it means a lack of critical thinking, a blind following of the status quo. Humans are really good at doing that, too.

— David Walton The Genius Plague (2017)

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Its purpose is the same as every other organism. To survive.

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Humans are driven by emotion. Much of our so-called logic is merely the rationalization of choices that make us feel good.

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“If not, we’ll go to plan B.”
“Which is?”
“I don’t know. I’ll make it up if we need it.”

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“All I’m hearing is ‘I can’t’ when I needed that data yesterday. Go bore someone else with your excuses.”

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